9:15 PM,
Dec. 19, 2012

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a Dec. 19 interview at the governor's mansion.

Written by

Bill Lueders
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday apparently drove the final nail into the coffin of calls to end same-day voter registration in Wisconsin, vowing to veto any such bill that imposed additional costs.

"If it has a price tag, absolutely," Walker told the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in an interview at the Executive Residence, when asked if he would use his veto pen. "There's no way we're spending money on something like that."

The idea of ending same-day voter registration gained currency after Walker made a speech in California last month in which he suggested ending the ...